GENERAL UPDATE: For up-to-date road and campground information by region, call the following U.S. Forest Service offices: For the Big Pine to Lone Pine region, call 760-876-6222; for the Bishop Region, call 760-873-2500; for the Mammoth Lakes region, call 760-924-5500; for the Lee Vining region, call 760-647-3044; and for the Bridgeport region call 760-932-7070. Lodging and guide information: Bishop Chamber of Commerce 760-873-8405 or www.bishopvisitor.com, Mono County Tourism 760-924-1743. Top Eastern Sierra fishing report web sites are: www.KensSport.com (Bridgeport region), www.TheTroutFly.com, and www.SierraDrifters.com.

BRIDGEPORT REGION: Continued excellent trout action throughout the region. Virginia Lakes got their first trout plant of the season this week. Both Twin Lakes continue to produce a lot of limits, and there was another 10-pound class brown landed. Bridgeport Reservoir is the bright spot in the region with excellent action on fish to four pounds for both boat and shore anglers. The East Walker was very good the past week and the crowds were down, making for better fishing conditions. Flows were up to nearly 100 cfs this week. West Walker seeing some runoff discoloring. Information: Kenâs Sporting Goods 760-932-7707 or www.kenssport.com.

JUNE LAKE LOOP-LEE VINING REGION: All of the lakes in the loop were stocked by the DFW again last week and providing very good action on the planted and holdover rainbows to 7-8 (from Silver), with quite a few cutthroats in June and a smattering of browns in Grant. Information: Silver Lake Resort at 760-648-7726 or at silverlakeresort.net or Ernieâs Tackle at 760-648-7756.

MAMMOTH AREA: Crowley Lake had very low water levels but excellent fishing with limits still common. Lots of fish up into the four-pound class. There is also already a good Sacramento perch bite. Hilton Bay and Sandy Point are the top spots for trout, but McGee Bay is also good. Convict Lake is good with a lot of pan-sized limits reported. The Twin Lakes and Lake Mary are fair to good on holdover rainbows and brookies. Hot Creek was very good with excellent dry fly fishing, but the upper Owens River remains just fair with few bigger fish but decent numbers of smaller trout. Rock Creek Lake is fair to good with some limits and the DFW is planting this week. Information: The Troutfitter at 760-934-2517, Convict Lake Resort at 760-934-3800, Crowley Lake Fish Camp at 760-935-4301.

BISHOP AND BIG PINE AREA: In the Bishop Creek drainage, Intake II, Sabrina Lake, North Lake, and most of South Lake have been good. The best fishing is in Bishop Creek and Intake II thanks to DFG plants last week and in Lower Bishop Creek this week. The Lower Owens still has a moderate flow are a very good mid-day baetis hatch and good nymph and streamer action. Pleasant Valley Reservoir is getting light pressure, and it received DFW trout plants last week. Best action at Owens inlet. The Owens Gorge is pretty good on small browns but it has flushing flows this week and itâs tough to fish. Fishing information: Sierra Drifters Guide Service 760-935-4250, Sierra Trout Magnet Fly Shop 760-873-0010, Culverâs 760-872-8361, Brockâs 760-872-3581.

LONE PINE TO INDEPENDENCE AREA: All the small streams along Highway 395 in the Eastern Sierra were planted this week.

WESTERN SIERRA

LAKE ISABELLA: The crappie bite remains good here again this week, but the bite is a little tougher with fewer limits, but a lot of nice fish from 1-8 to 2-8 showing for both shore, float tube and boat anglers in Boulder Gulch, Paradise Cove, Rocky Point and Piney Point. The best bite has been on live minnows, but fish are also showing on crappie jigs, especially when tipped with a bait or Crappie Nibble. The catfish bite is also good with the best bite on wax worms, but a lot of cats are also showing on shad and minnows with fish. The bass action is fair to good, mostly on plastics and reaction baits and quite a few bluegill are also being caught. Information: Bobâs Bait 661-833-8657.

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